Going Green: Moral Imperative and Balancing Act, a Half Day Conference on Environmental Sustainability

Sponsored by The Sisters of the Divine Compassion and in collaboration with the Divine Compassion Spirituality Center, Divine Compassion Social Justice Board and Pace Law School, this important program addresses the spiritual imperative, economic practicality, and the social consciousness of environmental sustainability.

 Free and open to the public, this event may be of special interest to other religious organizations and congregations, community leaders, business leaders, Pace Law School students, high school students with an interest in environmental studies, Pace University students. It is being held at the Judicial Law Center on the Pace University School of Law Campus, followed by lunch at Mapleton Conference Center on the Good Counsel Campus in White Plains.

Program:

Wednesday, May 11

8:30      Conference in the Judicial Law Center

9:00      Welcome, Dr. Susan Merritt, RDC

9:15      Keynote Address, Kathleen Deignan
            Stewardship and Sustainability       

10:00    How to green your existing building: 
              Energy Conservation & Savings

11:00    The Future of Energy:  
               A discussion on alternative energy 
               and new technology

11:50     Poetry Reading M. Doretta Cornell, RDC

12:15     Luncheon at Mapleton

1:30       Campus Tours with Good Counsel Students 

Speakers:      
Virginia Curry, attorney & EPA official, Pace Law School graduate 

Nancy Erts, OP, Program Specialist at Mariandale Conference and Retreat Center 

James Gowen, Chief Sustainability Officer, Verizon 

Peter Harckham, Majority Leader, Westchester County Board of Legislators 

Anne Marie Hirschberger,  Climate Change Law and Policy Advisor, Pace Energy and Climate Center 

James Van Nostrand, Executive Director,  Pace Energy and Climate Center 

Martin Rogowsky, Westchester County Board of Legislators 

Walter Sedovic & Jill Gotthelf, Architect, Preservation, Planning, & Sustainable Design 

For info, please call Jacqueline Rossow, 914-798-1140.